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Today’s route — 16.5 miles

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EARL FOR JESUS

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Earl's 66th birthday!

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Salvation, roti, curry goat…

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It's all free!

(No info posted yet about Earl's upcoming Sweet 68 party.)

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Beneath the rails

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of the Bay Ridge Branch

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That’ll do

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Heterogeneous chromulation

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Things are getting a little unorthodox here in Brooklyn. Look at those pinkish stone knobs! This is the first example of Queens chrome I've seen with a non-metallic element thrown into the mix.

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Portal of the day

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Wrong way up

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Kings Plaza Marina

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Brooklyn's Kings Plaza mall (claim to fame: it was the home of Sbarro's first — but certainly not its last — mall-based restaurant) has its own marina out back, and it was this very marina that served as the launching point for one of Brooklyn's great modern-day nautical voyages.

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After U

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As we well know, marinas are a fecund breeding ground for bad puns and other linguistic abominations. I'd like to defend the seemingly odious txtspk name of this boat, however: if you look at a map, you'll notice that the Kings Plaza Marina is indeed located after (Avenue) U!

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Now that’s a houseboat!

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Its neighbor across the way ain't too shabby either.

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Sporty gatepost sentinels

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Gobble gobble

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A few flames still flickering

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9/11 memorial #120

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You can read the text here.

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High occupancy

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I believe this is the most trash-packed FDNY call box shell I've seen so far.